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6 February 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham 7
DO Focal Point for JFK Board
FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
DCI/CSI/HRG, JEK Project Officer
SUBJECT: ARRB Request for Additional Information
: ' and Records No. CIA-7
- REFERENCE: ARRB Memo dtd 8 Nov 95, same subj,
sub-para. (2), The Mexico City Station
(attached)

1. In his review of the history of: the Mexico City
Station, Jeremy Gunn, ARRB Staff, cited the five footnotes
annotated below as possible assassination-related records
and requested copies of the source documents. For your
assistance in identifying the documents, following the
footnote -citation is the text (in italics) to. which it
refers.

Footnote 39. HMMA- 17494, 4 Aug 61,.sub: Data
on Case Officer work and Operational Projects at the
Mexico City Station, WH/HO.

Pg 38/39, Vol I. “The Cuban task force and
related activities caused an increase in the Mexico

City Station [6 76 Auericans (70 were located inside)

_{the Embassy using ng official cover, and 36 were outs
‘(under ‘nonof ficial cover: Indigenous agents numbered
(over 20d.”

Footnote 55. Ibid. (Ft. 54. ISTHMUS No. 62,
6 Dec 63, WH/HO.)

pg 44, Vol I. (“Later in the year Diaz became
. PRI- candidate (tantamount to election) which |

“In 1963 the routine reporting
of an operational lead by LIENVOY developed into a long.
investigation. A man with a US accent, speaking broken
Russian, telephoned both the Soviet and Cuban
Embasssies on 26 September and 6 October 1963. He
identified himself as Lee Oswald and Harvey Oswald.

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This information was cabled to Headquarters for traces
and identifying data. After the assassination of
President Kennedy on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas,
the Mexico City Station spent several months
investigating leads in connection with Oswald's visit
to Mexico. (55)”

Footnote 61. IJI&R Report, Dec 64, 185215 TS.

‘pg 47/48, Vol I. “A team from the Inspection and
Review (I&R) Staff at Headquarters conducted a thorough
review of the Mexico City Station administrative and
operational program in July 1964. They wrote: ~The
Mexico City Station approaches the classic type station

in opportunities and in operations.' {ft had high-Teve
(iatson operations, unilateral operations, and joint

{operations with the host government,\ as well as Soviet,
Satellite, Cuban, and indigem S\ Communist .Party
operations. There was loge collaborative liaison with

other US agencies (the State Department,. the FBI, the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS), and the
.military attaches). To accomplish this wide range of
tasks, the station was organized into Soviet, Cuban,
Satellite, Covert Action, Communist Party, and
Operational Support Branches. The last branch was an
operational catch-all responsible for direction of all
technical, surveillance, (and_liaison}operations. In
reality, operational support operations were an
extension of the chief of station's personal

clandestine capabilities, particularly those projects
(involving Mexican officials. (61)”

Footnote No. 139. ISTHMUS No. 29, 8 Mar 61, WH/HO.

ransmittér-was installéd in the office ‘of the Cuban)
assador to Mexico\* (139)”
“*Between 1961 and 1968, (at least a dozer audio
installations were made in Cuban installations,
de 3, but all of them eventually failed. ~LI-
ROMANCE and LISAMPAN are two projects which provided
for short-term multiple audio installations.”

Co g 229, Vol Il. “During February 1961, (the first |
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Footnote No. 190. Project LILINK, File Nos. 201-226902
‘and 50-6-99/1, Job No. 68-494/28, Space 60793. .

pg 353 Vol II. “LILINK”

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2. Mr. Gunn will be at IP the week of 24 February to
review additional material related to CIA-7. Please provide
the documents, or a status of the search, by 20 February
1997.

J. Barry Ha son

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